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The photon torpedoes used in the early TNG had a much better coolness factor in to it compare to photons used in DS9 or VOY. I just watched "Q-Who" (I haven't seen it for years) and hearing the background music and those torpedoes roars as they are being fired made me go almost 'WOW'.
One of the best episodes of Trek.

Riker: Arm the photon torpedoes!

Worf: Torpedoes armed!

Picard: Fire the photons.

And did you guys noticed the red glowing on the torps almost has the shape of red X.

Like we need another reason to say 'Voyager sucks'

Yeah, seriously. I hate the new "hissing" sound effects.

I prefer the original series Photon Torp sound effect. Now that sounded like a weapon os mass distruction.

What was that sound, exactly?

More like a CACHOUM than anything else.

The best photorp sound was in the TOS movies. Listen to the launch sound in ST6. Now THAT's a torpedo launch.

The Voyager sound may be wimpy, but the TNG sound was pretty wimpy too. There's no sense of physical presence or movement. It actually sounds like a synthesized computer tone being played through a scratchy loudspeaker.

Do quantom torps sound different than regular torps?

Slightly, IIRC, its sort of a 'chum' noise...

ST6 torpedos (after the homing torpedo) sounded closer to the "screaming hiss" sounds as seen in First Contact than anything else.

IIRC the ST3 torpedos sounded really cool.

AdmiralKanos wrote:It actually sounds like a synthesized computer tone being played through a scratchy loudspeaker.

It probably was.

The ST6 torpedo noise freaking rocked. However I can understand a slight change for TNG with the larger torpedo volume fire. The problem came with DS9 and Voyager and was continued with Nemesis. Unless its a Quantum torpedo, any other torpedo is given a pathetic sound.